Characteristics of space network system formed by the constituent elements in urban streets: Tianzifang in Shanghai as a case study

Using a street in Shanghai as a case study, a strategy was developed to study an urban network space system by analyzing and interpreting street space from the microscopic perspective of urban composition elements.At the methodological level, this study, using research methods related to Space Syntax Theory, explored the process of establishing urb

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Learning from Katrina

In January 2006, students from CUSSW and Union Theological Seminary participated in an immersion course entitled, Katrina: Poverty, Race, and Social Work Practice.The aim of the course was to explore experientially the inequality exposed by Hurricane Katrina and its effect on some of the poorest communities and individuals in the United States.This

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Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran

Habitat assessment of species is one of the most important strategies to conserve biodiversity in the protected areas.The main objective of this study is to present an ecological assessment model CORDYCEPS for habitat management of brown bears using the MaxEnt algorithm in Oshtorankooh protected area, Lorestan.55 presence points of brown bear and s

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